PKI & Cryptography Specialist - Hybrid Contract

Sasso Consulting; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sasso Consulting is seeking PKI and cryptographic specialists to design, implement, secure and maintain enterprise PKI and cryptographic infrastructures in a hybrid Johannesburg-area environment.

Successful candidates will manage digital certificates, encryption technologies, cryptographic keys, CAs, and security infrastructure to ensure confidentiality, integrity and authenticity of systems and communications, with hands-on PKI architecture and HSM experience.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing enterprise PKI environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise in PKI architecture and certificate lifecycle management.
• Experience with HSMs and cryptographic security integration.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure and maintain enterprise Public Key Infrastructure environments.
• Install, configure and administer Certificate Authorities (CAs), including root and subordinate CAs.
• Manage certificate issuance, renewal, revocation, expiration and lifecycle processes.
• Implement and maintain certificate templates, certificate policies and certificate enrolment procedures.
• Configure and manage Microsoft AD CS or equivalent PKI platforms.
• Maintain CRLs and OCSP services.
• Monitor PKI infrastructure availability, performance and security.
• Troubleshoot certificate validation, trust chain, authentication and encryption issues.
• Support PKI upgrades, migrations, integrations and infrastructure modernisation projects.
• Maintain accurate certificate inventories and PKI configuration documentation.

Skills

PKI architecture

HSMs

Certificate lifecycle management

Cryptographic protocols

Active Directory Certificate Services

Certificate Authorities

Tools

AD CS

Job description

Sasso Consulting is seeking PKI and cryptographic specialists to design, implement, secure and maintain enterprise PKI and cryptographic infrastructures in a hybrid Johannesburg-area environment.

Successful candidates will manage digital certificates, encryption technologies, cryptographic keys, CAs, and security infrastructure to ensure confidentiality, integrity and authenticity of systems and communications, with hands-on PKI architecture and HSM experience.